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[dejay]

I've done it three times so far and it sucks. Twice was for bad performance and for being fucktards, but the other time was during a downsizing and I had to lay off one of my best guys under some "last in, first out" policy bullshit. To know someone, to know a bit of their financial situation, and to tell them that the steady income they've been enjoying is about to end and to thrust them into fiscal chaos isn't pleasant to me.

I actually knew a bloke in HR that loved firing people. He'd joke about it gleefully afterwards. The only enjoyable thing to me is that it's a relief when you get it over with.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

No, I've never reached that high a position. And I probably never will.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Laying someone off sucks, generally firings require enough of a pattern of incompetence or malice that I usually find it fairly painless.

 

[ShdwDrake]

I dont care at all about firing someone because that means they weren't doing what they where paid to do and are wasting my time & money.

Laying someone off is totally different though. When you fire someone its "You fucked up get out". Laying someone off is like you have to fire them even though they did nothing to deserve it.

 

[dejay]

Laying someone off sucks, generally firings require enough of a pattern of incompetence or malice that I usually find it fairly painless.

Maybe I need more practice. The second time was definitely easier than the first.

 

[acheron_xl]

If a dude under me is really fucking me over, I don't feel any sympathy if I have to cut them loose. They made their bed.

I had a job cleaning a mall overnight, and had an employee who would mysteriously vanish for stretches of time. Sometimes I'd see him with a suspicious runny nose and extra-sedate demeanor. I think he was locking himself in a bathroom and snorting heroin or something. One day, he went missing again. I located him by the sounds of his snores and found him sleeping in a bin of fiberglass insulation. I fired him on the spot and felt nothing but joy doing so.

In a nutshell:

Firing incompetent people is a relief.

 

[casablanca]

Fired 4 or 5 people already ,didn't bother that much because i always gived them 3 chances and they fucked up.

 

[nubbe]

Firing incompetent people is a relief.

 

[googleplex]

Yeah, quite s few times, and it sucked every time.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Maybe I need more practice. The second time was definitely easier than the first.

Maybe I'm not saying it ever gets "fun" like that sicko HR dude you mentioned but I tend to give people a lot of chances. The last guy I fired had shown a continuous tendency to slack off, was constantly checking in broken code then pissing off for the day and leaving other developers to deal with his bugs and was also kind of a dick to people, so as far as I'm concerned he fired himself.

 

[Digishine]

I Did and tbh I like it :/

 

[Log4Girlz]

I work at a company with a high turn over, I have done so many I've totally lost count.

 

[Chopper]

Yeah. It was not much fun. She was a fucking useless, theiving bitch though, so... *shrugs*

 

[Magni]

I've done it three times so far and it sucks. Twice was for bad performance and for being fucktards, but the other time was during a downsizing and I had to lay off one of my best guys under some "last in, first out" policy bullshit. To know someone, to know a bit of their financial situation, and to tell them that the steady income they've been enjoying is about to end and to thrust them into fiscal chaos isn't pleasant to me.

I actually knew a bloke in HR that loved firing people. He'd joke about it gleefully afterwards. The only enjoyable thing to me is that it's a relief when you get it over with.

If we're talking about firing bad people, then sure. But I hope he's not joking about laying off good workers due to downsizing.

 

[XStasisX]

Anyone ever been on fire?

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

I work at a company with a high turn over, I have done so many I've totally lost count.

Cool company

 

[Ourobolus]

I've never had to do it personally, but I was able to "highly recommend" to my boss (who could fire people) two certain individuals that needed to go.

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

I kinda sorta fired the douchebag at work that called another coworker a "silverback gorilla."

I enjoyed that.

 

[edotherocket]

I don't enjoy it and I've had to fire someone every month this year

The weirdest firing was my first - the lady bought me a mug that said 'Worlds Greatest Boss' the day beforehand. But she was seriously useless.

I still have the mug.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

I still have the mug.

You monster.

 

[JGS]

Yes. Usually I'm indifferent to it since the company policy is to give plenty of warning so the employee really does suck. The bad thing is I've usually gotten friendly with them too. However, rules is rules.

What would suck is having to fire someone for not making sales goals. Banks oftentimes will adjust rates and services to make some products unappealing to begin with and it's tough to get certain products. However, no sales goals are actually changed making it tougher on me and my staff.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Yes. Usually I'm indifferent to it since the company policy is to give plenty of warning so the employee really does suck. The bad thing is I've usually gotten friendly with them too. However, rules is rules.

What would suck is having to fire someone for not making sales goals. Banks oftentimes will adjust rates and services to make some products unappealing to begin with and it's tough to get certain products. However, no sales goals are actually changed making it tougher on me and my staff.

Ya, I hate other companies that do that too. It happens a lot with new products/offerings too. To the common you can tell it's that much harder to sell and sales will go down but they either keep it same or sometimes even raise expectations. So freaking stupid.

 

[Cousteau]

People don't fire people,they fire themselves.

Layoff/downsizing is obviously different.

 

[meadowrag]

Nope, but I've had to be fired many times.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Yes, I took a lot of joy out of it - because the people I've fired all deserved to be terminated on the spot. It was beautiful. Stealing money? OH YEAH. Stealing product? EAT IT! Decided to stop showing up on Friday Nights? Enjoy the rest of your Fridays off!

Having employees steal from the store I was in charge of got under my skin, so I pulled no punches. Harrumph!

That said I've never had to fire someone that I felt did not deserve it. I don't think I would do too well at that route.

 

[jax (old)]

Fired a mate once. Had to.

no longer friends.

hired him for a job. didn't do it properly. The minute it hit clock out time; he'd leave work unfinished.

/shrug.

 

[Kosmo]

I've done it three times so far and it sucks. Twice was for bad performance and for being fucktards, but the other time was during a downsizing and I had to lay off one of my best guys under some "last in, first out" policy bullshit.

Let me guess, union?

Worse is NOt being able to fire incompetent people on your team.

 

[Drazgul]

I kinda sorta fired the douchebag at work that called another coworker a "silverback gorilla."

I enjoyed that.

Is that supposed to be a racist remark or something?